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Raymond Carver

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: The Great Despiser by Joe Pug

    Having toured alongside acclaimed songwriters like Steve Earle, M. Ward and Josh Ritter, Joe Pug is carving out a niche for himself not unlike that trio of storytellers. With his soulful voice as the hook, Pug's songs are filled with flawed characters that struggle to move through life just as we al ... More >>

  • Film

    August 31, 2011

    The Afterlight: A Poor Imitation of Terrence Malick

    Having toured alongside acclaimed songwriters like Steve Earle, M. Ward and Josh Ritter, Joe Pug is carving out a niche for himself not unlike that trio of storytellers. With his soulful voice as the hook, Pug's songs are filled with flawed characters that struggle to move through life just as we al ... More >>

  • Film

    May 11, 2011

    Everything Must Go: Will Ferrell Gets Drunk and Serious

    Having toured alongside acclaimed songwriters like Steve Earle, M. Ward and Josh Ritter, Joe Pug is carving out a niche for himself not unlike that trio of storytellers. With his soulful voice as the hook, Pug's songs are filled with flawed characters that struggle to move through life just as we al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Counting Down My Top 10 Records of 2009, Pt. 3

    This is the third post in a ten-part series. You can view part one here, and part two over here. ​ This summer, local label Light in the Attic reissued Rodriguez's sophomore recording, Coming From Reality, which the Detroit-based singer-songwriter originally released in 1971. Reading with th ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 16, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events

    This is the third post in a ten-part series. You can view part one here, and part two over here. ​ This summer, local label Light in the Attic reissued Rodriguez's sophomore recording, Coming From Reality, which the Detroit-based singer-songwriter originally released in 1971. Reading with th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2009

    Carol Sklenicka

    This is the third post in a ten-part series. You can view part one here, and part two over here. ​ This summer, local label Light in the Attic reissued Rodriguez's sophomore recording, Coming From Reality, which the Detroit-based singer-songwriter originally released in 1971. Reading with th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Slush Pile! August LOLcat Edition

    ​Summer in general and August in particular is a sleepy time for book publishing. But several local authors have been hard at work, so let's take a quick look at their inky efforts. It's tourist season, so erstwhile SW contributor J. Kingston Pierce has supplied the text to a coffee table boo ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Coming From Obscurity

    Light in the Attic reissues another Sixto Rodriguez album and welcomes him to Seattle.

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Hoquiam

    Saturday, July 19

  • Music

    April 23, 2008

    Behind My Music (Before the Long Winters)

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    My Seattle Rock Journey - Part One

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    After the Beep

    A new compilation of old answering machine tapes reveal what we talk about when we talk to machines.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2008

    Last Night: Hellyeah, Machine Head, Nonpoint, Bury Your Dead in Spokane

    A new compilation of old answering machine tapes reveal what we talk about when we talk to machines.

  • Music

    February 13, 2008

    The Drive-By Truckers Regain Their Footing After Treading on Shaky Ground

    They've become much more than a wall of petrol-fueled guitars and knowing, good-old-boy grins.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    New Yorker's X-Mas Gift: Unedited Raymond Carver

    They've become much more than a wall of petrol-fueled guitars and knowing, good-old-boy grins.

  • Film

    August 29, 2007

    Quiz: Are You Among the Cult of Miranda July?

    Test your knowledge of our favorite renaissance woman and her work.

  • Music

    May 30, 2007

    Gerald Collier Makes Up With the Band He Should Never Have Left

    Test your knowledge of our favorite renaissance woman and her work.

  • Film

    May 16, 2007

    Seattle Weekly PickJindabyne: A Better Raymond Carver Adaptation Than Short Cuts

    Test your knowledge of our favorite renaissance woman and her work.

  • Arts

    February 21, 2007

    Dark, Wry

    Thanks to a fantastic cast, desperate small-town lives burn onstage.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2006

    The Reasons I Won't Be Coming

    Australian lawyer collects his stories of love and litigation.

  • Arts

    November 16, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    John Hodgman, and John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell.

  • Film

    October 26, 2005

    Loggerheads

    Opens Fri., Oct. 28, at Harvard Exit.

  • Film

    October 19, 2005

    Tony Takitani

    Runs Fri., Oct. 21–Thurs., Oct. 27, at Varsity.

  • Film

    March 30, 2005

    The Ballad of Jack and Rose

    Also: Beauty Shop, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Lost Embrace, and Steamboy.

  • Film

    November 17, 2004

    The Chronicles of Riddick

    Universal Home Video, $29.98

  • Arts

    September 1, 2004

    Labor Days

    Universal Home Video, $29.98

  • Film

    August 18, 2004

    We Don't Live Here Anymore

    Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

  • Arts

    August 4, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    D.B., The Dog Walker, and How Soccer Explains the World.

  • Food

    May 5, 2004

    Happy Hour Guide

    D.B., The Dog Walker, and How Soccer Explains the World.

  • Arts

    December 10, 2003

    Weekly Arts Picks

    D.B., The Dog Walker, and How Soccer Explains the World.

  • Arts

    October 1, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Jhumpa Lahiri, David Guterson, Dan Kennedy, and Nell Freudenberger.

  • Arts

    September 3, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Zoe Heller, Matthew McIntosh, and Lisa Jewell.

  • Arts

    July 9, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Bharti Kirchner, Douglas Coupland, Rupert Isaacson & Tanya Shaffer, Anthony Doerr, and Ann Cummins.

  • Food

    July 2, 2003

    Happy Hour Guide

    Bharti Kirchner, Douglas Coupland, Rupert Isaacson & Tanya Shaffer, Anthony Doerr, and Ann Cummins.

  • Arts

    June 4, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Jane Smiley, Sherman Alexie, Michael Byers, and Meghan Daum.

  • Arts

    December 11, 2002

    Unsolved

    Why didn't Patricia Highsmith publish more of her work when she was alive? It's a mystery.

  • Music

    June 19, 2002

    Dark Prophet

    Spinning tales of broken hearts and broken bones.

  • Food

    February 20, 2002

    Happy Hour!

    For your happy happiness, a big list of happy hours.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    25 Memorable Seattle Weekly Stories

    For your happy happiness, a big list of happy hours.

  • Arts

    May 31, 2000

    The Blue Bedspread

    For your happy happiness, a big list of happy hours.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2000

    Rough Roads

    A Southern author shines so bright he could blot out the sun.

  • Music

    May 26, 1999

    A small, good thing

    Rhett Miller of the Old 97's celebrates the little thrills in his Carver-esque songs.

  • Arts

    January 13, 1999

    Deft Hand of Darkness

    The Goth comic-book writer reveals his fictional fantasies.

  • Film

    September 16, 1998

    Going nowhere

    The Goth comic-book writer reveals his fictional fantasies.

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